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Do you have an idea for a new business, a business expansion or a project that will impact Wheeling? If so, you are encouraged to apply for Wheeling Heritage’s Show of Hands.
The winner will leave the event ...

Wheeling Heritage and Regional Economic Development Partnership (RED) are now accepting applications for the second session of CO.STARTERS, a program for entrepreneurs and small business owners. The program equ...

Would you like to see an ethnic restaurant open in downtown Wheeling? If so, what kind? And what sort of stores would you like to shop in? Do you want to open a business downtown? Would you like to live in a lo...

RIBS & CHICKEN
The ninth annual Ohio Valley Rib & Chicken Cook-Off will be held at Wheeling’s Heritage Port from noon to 11 p.m. Friday, June 22, and Saturday, June 23. Rib and chicken burners will b...

It depends on a person's age, really, as far as which "George Kellas" he or she remembers or knows today. And it is the family of young George Kellas that owns a legacy of working to make the Wheeling community...

Mark your calendars "busy" for lunch on the first Friday of the month throughout the summer.
Wheeling Heritage, in partnership with Williams Lea Tag, is hosting Lunchtime Live! at Market Plaza. This free con...

“AHHHHHHH! I’m so excited!” was Sarah Lydick’s ecstatic response as the Wheeling Heritage Show of Hands top vote-getter Wednesday night at the Wheeling Artisan Center.
She and her husband Rod walked away aft...

A cup of coffee? A loaf of bread and a bowl of soup? A T-shirt design? A shave and a haircut?
Decisions, decisions. And they’re yours to make, after listening to four entrepreneurs make a short but impassion...

Jake Dougherty, the executive director of Wheeling Heritage, has been named to a national list of honorees by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
A new initiative from the National Trust, “40 Under...

It is one of the silent cities of the dead in Wheeling, but this one was split, and one half has been forgotten.
The Peninsula Cemetery, once the third largest in the state of West Virginia with more than 1,...

Wheeling Heritage will host a public meeting about the possibility of adding the South Wheeling neighborhood to the National Register of Historic Places. The informational meeting will take place at 7 p.m. Tues...

Wheeling Heritage and Regional Economic Development Partnership (RED) are bringing CO.STARTERS, a program for entrepreneurs and small business owners, to Wheeling. The program equips entrepreneurs of all kinds ...

It’s not often when one’s work is seen by thousands each day for an extended period of time, but that has been reality for Matt Myles for more than a month.
Myles, president of Chiselbox on Market Street, wo...

On Thursday, August 24th and Friday, August 25th, Wheeling, WV and the northern panhandle will be hosts to leaders from the Kresge Foundation of Michigan. The visit is being hosted by Philanthropy West Virgini...

It was in late 2015 when she first presented during a “Show of Hands” event, and she pitched to the crowd the need for a glass-cutter do-thingy that would allow Cat’s Paw Arts Studio to better streamline the sh...

She watched it and enjoyed what she witnessed, and that is why Alex Weld finds herself in the middle of the conversation in the city of Wheeling.
Weld was hired this month by Wheeling Heritage as the new mar...

What they knew for sure was that W.A.T.C.H. wanted to build a greenhouse to expand upon skill development opportunities for the local residents who depend on the organization.
What they knew about “Show of H...

Hello! I’m Christina Rieth, and I’m the PreserveWV AmeriCorps member for the Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation (WNHAC).
I’m originally from Saint Paul, Minnesota. I developed my background in h...

The city of Wheeling, W.Va. has a rich and colorful history. Wheeling was home to many prosperous businesses including iron, steel, and tobacco industries. Wheeling remains a historical city today. One group pr...

You forget his age and how youthful he appears when you hold conversations with Jake Dougherty.
A 2008 graduate of The Linsly School and a member of the Class of 2012 from American University, Dougherty is n...